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[โ€“] lockedcasket@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] odbol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What do you like better about it over Signal or Whatsapp?

[โ€“] Newby@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple would get so much more money out of me charging $20 a month to use imessage on windows/android vs waiting for me to replace my iphone. I get I am the rare user but by golly I wish they would go multi platform.

[โ€“] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im running a mac os virtual machine with the app/server called airmessage. I get iMessage for my family group chats now though it's tied to my email.

[โ€“] Newby@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve heard of it but didnโ€™t want to buy a Mac or trust a third party with my messages.

[โ€“] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't trust it either but I'll pick my insecure conversations over my family/friends complaining about contacting me (and contacting me less).

Didn't pay a thing for the VM